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bam·boo

(băm-bo͞o′)

n. pl. bam·boos

1. Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical plants chiefly of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa in the grass family. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet).

2. The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction and to make various kinds of utensils.

3. Fabric or yarn manufactured from these plants.

[Back-formation from earlier bambos (taken as pl.), from Dutch bamboes, of Malay or Dravidian origin.]

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bamboo

(bæmˈbuː)

1. (Plants) any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots)

2. (Plants) the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture

3. (Plants) any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus

4. (modifier) made of bamboo: a bamboo fence.

[C16: probably from Malay bambu]

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bam•boo

(bæmˈbu)

n., pl. -boos.

1. any of various tall, sometimes treelike tropical and semitropical grasses, as of the genera Bambusa,Phyllostachys, and Dendrocalamus, having woody, usu. hollow stems bearing stalks of narrow leaves.

2. the stem of such a plant, used as a building material and for making furniture, poles, etc.

[1590–1600; earlier bambu < Malay, appar. < Dravidian]

bam·boo

(băm-bo͞o′)

Any of various tall grasses having jointed, woody, and often hollow stems. Some species of bamboo can reach heights of 100 feet (30.5 meters) or more. The young shoots of some types of bamboo are used as food.

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Noun	1.	bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae - bamboos bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo - extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain Arundinaria gigantea, cane reed, giant cane - tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets Arundinaria tecta, small cane, switch cane - small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States Dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chiku - immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea - small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young black bamboo, kuri-chiku, Phyllostachys nigra - small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madake, Phyllostachys bambusoides - large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere

Translations

خَيْرُزانشَجَرَةُ الخَيْزَران

bambus

bambuo

bambu

bambus

bambusz

bambusreyr

bambù

竹

대나무

bambukas

bambusa-bambuss

bambusbambusový

bambus

bambu

ต้นไผ่

bambu

cây tre

竹子

bamboo

[bæmˈbuː]

A. N (= cane, plant) → bambú m

B. CPD the Bamboo Curtain N → el Telón de Bambú
bamboo shoots NPL → brotes mpl de bambú

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bamboo

[bæmˈbuː]

n → bambou m

modif

(= made of bamboo) [cane, pole, stick] → de bambou; [curtain] → de bambou; [hut] → de bambou, en bambou; [furniture] → en bambou

[the bamboo plant] [leaf] → de bambou bamboo shootsbamboo shoots npl → pousses fpl de bambou

bamboo

n → Bambus m attr → Bambus-; bamboo shoots pl → Bambussprossen pl; the Bamboo Curtain (Pol) → der Bambusvorhang

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bamboo

[bæmˈbuː]

1. n → bambù m inv

2. adj → di bambù

bamboo

(bӕmˈbuː) noun, adjective

(of) a type of gigantic grass with hollow, jointed, woody stems. furniture made of bamboo; bamboo furniture.

bamboo

→ خَيْرُزان bambus bambus Bambus μπαμπού bambú bambu bambou bambus bambù 竹 대나무 bamboe bambus bambus bambu бамбук bambu ต้นไผ่ bambu cây tre 竹子

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